Cunninghamia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cunninghamioideae
Genus: Cunninghamia
Species: C. konishii – C. lanceolata

Paleospecies: †C. chaneyi

Name

Cunninghamia R.Br. in A.Richard (ed.), Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad. 80: 149 (1826), nom. cons.

Type species: Cunninghamia sinensis Rich. in A.Richard, Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad. 80, pl. 18, f. 3., a superfluous name for Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. Bot. Mag. 54: , pl. 2743. (1827).

Note: Some authorities include C. konishii as Cunninghamia lanceolata var. konishii (Hayata) Fujita, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 22: 49, 476. (1932), but see Govaerts et al., 2017, Averyanov et al., 2014 and the Discussion Page.

Synonymy

Replaced synonym
- Belis Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 315 (1807).
Heterotypic
- Jacularia Raf., Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 8: 247 (1832).
- Raxopitys J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 97 (1866).

Homonyms

Cunninghamia Schreb. Gen. Pl. 789. (1791) (Rubiaceae) nom. rej. against Cunninghamia R.Br. (1826)

References

Primary references

Brown, R. 1826. Commentatio botanica de Conifereis et Cycadeis 80–82, 149–150, t. 18, f. 3.

Additional references

Averyanov, L.V., Nguyên, T.H., Nguyen, K.S., Pham, V.T., Lamxay, V., Bounphanmy, S., Lorphengsy, S., Phan, K.L, Lanorsavanh, S. & Chantthavongsa, K. 2014. Gymnosperms of Laos. Nordic Journal of Botany 32(6): 765–805. DOI: 10.1111/njb.00498 ResearchGate Reference page.
Meyer, H.W. & Manchester, S.R. 1997. The Oligocene Bridge Creek flora of the John Day Formation, Oregon. University of California Publications in the Geological Sciences 141: 1–364. ISBN 978-0-520-09816-9. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Cunninghamia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Cunninghamia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 25 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Cunninghamia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names

dansk: Cunninghamia
Deutsch: Spießtanne
English: China-fir
suomi: Keihäskuuset
português: Cunninghamia